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It's the night before Christmas Eve and sassy, smart-mouthed Madeleine, not quite ten, has one goal: to sing on stage at Philadelphia's legendary jazz club, The Cat's Pajamas.Meanwhile, Madeleine's fifth-grade teacher hopes to rekindle an old love and club owner Jack Lorca fights to keep his beloved haunt from closing.At 2am these three lost souls find themselves in The Cat's Pajamas. It's going to be an extraordinary night . . .

A wise, tender novel about a woman who doesn't feel at home on Earth, by the acclaimed author of Parakeet.At the moment when Voyager 1 is launched into space carrying its famous golden record, a baby of unusual perception is born to a single mother in Philadelphia. Adina Giorno is tiny and jaundiced, but reaches for warmth and light. As a child, she recognizes that she is different, she also possesses knowledge of a faraway planet. The arrival...

**Highly Anticipated at The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Vulture, Refinery29, Yahoo! Life, The Millions, Alma, The Rumpus, and Lit Hub**"Miraculous: spry and mordant, with sentences that lull you with their rhythms, then twist suddenly and sting." -Lauren Groff, author of Florida"A twisting, strange delight, Parakeet shimmers a soft and generous light on the darkest of a woman's innermost thoughts." -Kristen Iversen, Refinery29Acclaim...

**Highly Anticipated at The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Vulture, Refinery29, Yahoo! Life, The Millions, Alma, The Rumpus, and Lit Hub**"Miraculous: spry and mordant, with sentences that lull you with their rhythms, then twist suddenly and sting." -Lauren Groff, author of Florida"A twisting, strange delight, Parakeet shimmers a soft and generous light on the darkest of a woman's innermost thoughts." -Kristen Iversen, Refinery29Acclaim...

The stories of Safe as Houses are magical and original and help answer such universal and existential questions as: How far will we go to stay loyal to our friends? Can we love a man even though he is inches shorter than our ideal? Why doesn't Bob Dylan ever have his own smokes? And are there patron saints for everything, even lost socks and bad movies?

An enchanting novel about one day in the lives of three unforgettable characters as they search for love, music, and hope on the snow-covered streets of Philadelphia. Madeleine Altimari is a smart-mouthed, rebellious nine-year-old who also happens to be an aspiring jazz singer. Still mourning the recent death of her mother, and caring for her grief-stricken father, she doesn't realize that on the eve of Christmas Eve she is about to have the m...

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